Safety device for cuff-buttons.



H. n. ROGALSKY.

SAFETY DEVICE FOR CUFF BUTTONS.

APPLICATION FILED JULYZI, I914.

Patented May 11, 1915.

THE NORRIS PETERS CO1, FHom-UTHQ, WASHING WON. D1 C.

HYMAN R. ROGALSKY, OF BRADFORD, PENNSYLVANIA.

SAFETY DEVICE FOR CUFF-BUTTONS.

Specification bf Letters Patent.

Patented May 11, 1915.

Application filed July 21, 1914. Serial No. 852,149.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HYMAN R. ROGALSKY, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Bradford, in the county of Mo- Kean and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSafety Devices for Cuff-Buttons, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to safety devices for cuff buttons, and one ofthe principal objects of this invention is to provide a device of simpleconstruction to be attached to the shank of an ordinary cuff buttonbetween the two layers of the cuff to prevent the accidental loss of thecufl buttonowing to the liability of the smallshoe or portion oppositethe head becoming disengaged from the button hole of the cufi.

The use of ordinary link cuff buttons with double or neglige cuffs wornin the summer leads to the loss of many valuable cufi' buttons, and itis one of the objects of this in vention to provide a device of simpleconstruction and of attractive appearance to be connected to the shankof the button between the head and shoe thereof and between the layersof the cuff to prevent the shoe or smaller portion of the button frombecoming detached and the button lost. It will be understood howeverthat the safety device may be used to advantage with any form of cuffand thus prevent the loss of the button.

The foregoing and other objects may be obtained by means of constructionillustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure l is a Viewshowing the cuff in section and the safety device applied to the shank,the button and the latter being shown in section. Fig. 2 is an end viewof the cufi and showing the safety device connected to the shank of thebutton between the two layers of the cuff. Fig. 3 is a plan view of thesafty device with the finger hold shown in section, and Fig. 4 is anedge view of the same with the finger hold complete.

Referring to the drawings the numeral 1 designates the head of a button,which may be of any suitable form and 2 is the small portion or shoe.The shank 3 which connects the head and shoe may be curved or straight,and the safety device is adapted to connect with the shank between thetwo layers of the cuff as shown in Fig. 2.

The safety device is made from a single piece of wire, preferablyresilient, and this wire may be plated or of solid material. The wirestrand from which the device is formed is bent to form two substantiallysemi-circular portions 4 of any required diameter, and these portionsare then bent inwardly at 5 to form the overlapping portions 6, and fromthis point is bent oppositely and outwardly to form the loop 7, oneportion of the loop overlying the other. The two strands of wire arethen brought together and bent around the center of the semi-circularportions 4 where they terminate in a loop 8 which surrounds an inwardlybent portion 9 of the wire. A sheet metal finger hold 10 covers theterminal ends of the wire and makes a finish for the device, the fingerhold 10 being bent around the ends as shown more clearly in Fig. 4.

In use the two overlapping portions 6 and 7 are sprung apart byinserting the shank 3 of the button between the two members 5 andpushing the device on until the portions 6 separate and permit the shankto lie in the recess 11 between the two members 7 of the loop, thusrendering it impossible for the cuff button becoming accidentallydetached from the button holes of the cull a. By grasping the fingerhold 10 the safety device may be readily detached from the cuff buttonshank whenever desired.

The device is simple in construction is attractive in appearance and canbe quickly attached and detached to and from the shank of the button.

Various changes may be made in the detail of construction withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the invention as described in theclaim.

lVhat is claimed is A safety device for cuff buttons-comprising twooverlapping semi-circular members formed from a single strand ofresilient wire, said semi-circular members each being provided with acentrally disposed loop to engage the shank of a cuff button, the endsof the Wire being bent around the body por- In testimony whereof I affixmy signature tion of the device at a point centrally oppoin presence oftWo Witnesses.

site the loop and a sheet-metal fin er-hold secured to the body portionof th: device HYMAN 'V and covering the ends of the Wire, the two iWitnesses: 7 semi-circular portions having a divergent J. A. FITZGIBBON,

guide for the shank of the button. G. E. MOCLEERY.

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Washington, I). C.

